The fourth principle of permaculture is to apply self regulation and accept feedback. Self regulation is about mimicing the systems of nature to form your own living systems. Natural systems take what they need to grow and reproduce and not more. These systems can adapt to change, which is accepting …

The plans that had been made for this year’s gardens have changed quite a bit. I trudged around last fall picking up old, heavy logs, broken branches and leaves and made enough hugelkultur beds to feed the whole town. I may have been a little too ambitious (as always) and …